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...little uncertain about how some of the raunchier images - of naked bodies and nude men embracing - will be received by the country's conservative art establishment. The photos, he says, are "all kind of vaguely erotic, without being in-your-face. What I wanted to do was open up a discussion about homosexuality, which is something that's not talked about much [in China]." (Read "Why Asia's Gays are Starting to Win Acceptance...
...cheap energy produced in and for America. This kind of energy will free us from our dependence on foreign oil and encourage venture capital to create new technologies that will in turn generate jobs. Climate change addressed in this way will not require sacrifices by Americans but will open a new chapter of American prosperity. W. Philip Schirm, Los Gatos, Calif...
...time wouldn't even have gotten her into the men's heats in Berlin. But in the flesh - at a homecoming in Polokwane, Limpopo's main city - Semenya's appearance was just as startling as it was on the track. At first, she rode high in an open-topped car, blushing and waving like a prom queen. A few minutes later, it was a burly-looking Semenya who rolled up to a microphone, baseball cap on backward, and thanked the crowd in a cracked baritone. Family and friends admit there is more than a hint of gender ambiguity about Semenya...
...think one of the most important things in life is to be open-minded.' JENNA HAGER, daughter of former President George W. Bush, on becoming a correspondent for NBC's Today show...
...open sea, a helicopter approaches a cargo ship of Eastern European origin. Quietly, the chopper disgorges a team of elite commandos, arguably the best in the world, who quickly subdue the crew and remove weapons unlisted on the ship’s manifest. This may be familiar as the opening mission of a widely popular modern combat video game, featuring Britain’s elite Special Air Service. Yet this scene may have actually happened recently —with Israeli troops...